Sing It!
Chapter Two: Re
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True to her word, the first thing Amelia did was go shopping with Meilin. They went clothes shopping for two hours, gift shopping for another two hours, spend time here and there eating... in other words, two more hours, and when they finally went back to the hotel. They were exhausted.
And so, the weeks passed that way. Waking up in the morning with her song on the radio, going shopping while seeing her C.D. in stores selling like crazy, have lunch as girls walked by talking about her and then finally, back to the hotel. Yep... it was pretty much uneventful.
However... one day it was quite unforgettable. Amelia and her were walking in the clothing store, looking at their selection when a specific voice caught her ear. Amelia asked her what was wrong and she had replied saying that it was nothing. Thinking that she was hearing things, she quickly ignored it... when suddenly...
"Syaoran! Doesn't that look like Meilin?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran frowned at the name. Feeling his heart tug, he replied, "No Sakura. Meilin isn't with us anymore, remember?"
"I guess, Syaoran," Sakura whispered sadly.
It was them! Meilin thought in horror. Of course, they didn't know that she was a superstar because she didn't hit the charts in China or Japan yet. So once they said her name the whole store went quiet.
"Did you just say Meilin?" a stranger asked Sakura, making Syaoran's senses heighten.
"Yeah, why?" Sakura asked, sceptically.
Meilin could feel Amelia stiffen beside her as she whispered, "Let's get out of here Meilin."
She nodded as they slowly walked towards the exit. But luck would have it, a fan recognized her and yelled, "There she is! Meilin Rae!"
Meilin and Amelia looked at each other and yelled, "Run!"
The two immediately went their separate ways, Meilin being the one followed by a huge crowd of fans. Without really caring, she knocked over stands and café tables that were in her way. She could feel her fans getting closer as she ran for her dear life, now wasn't the time to sign autographs. Great... this couldn't get any worse... when in fact it did.
While running pass an alleyway, a hand grabbed her and pulled her away from sight. A hand clasped over her mouth when her fans ran passed them, not even suspecting them to be there. When the person felt that it was safe; he let her mouth free.
Meilin stood there sighing and said gratefully, "Thank you."
"Meilin," he whispered longingly.
She turned around, recognizing his voice. Once she had spun fully around, brown eyes met her. Her ruby eyes traveled to the familiar light brown strands of hair to the muscular build of his body.
She then breathed the name she had not spoken for three years now. The name that always clogged her mind when she was caught off guard, "Syaoran."
"I've f-found you," he chocked, not believing that she was right there... in front of him. After three long years of asking, threatening and pleading the elders... he had found her. And as God would have it, he found her by chance.
"I-I," Meilin stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"They said that you left us," he interrupted.
"What?" she asked, offended, "They disowned me."
"What?" it was his turn to feel shocked, "How dare they lie to me?"
"Listen Syaoran... let's forget this ever happened, k?" she asked, afraid to meet his eyes.
"What are you saying?" he asked. No, it couldn't be! After three whole torturing years of hoping to find her and now that he did... she refuses to let herself exist in his world?
"I mean... the only reason the Li Clan disowned me," she paused, remembering the horrible past, "was because I was of no use."
"Then come back with me and I'll show them that you are useful," he said, desperately wanting her to stay with him.
"I can't," she stated firmly, causing Syaoran's hope to shatter right before his eyes, "I have a life here."
"Doing what?" he asked forcefully.
"I'm... I'm a..." her voice trailed.
"What?" he demanded.
"I'm a pop star. I sing," she said simply.
"You're lying," Syaoran said.
She shook her head, frustrated, "Look around Li!"
Syaoran winced when she called him Li. Never had she ever called him that unless she was angry. Oh, how he wished everything were like before... when she clung onto him like he was a God... when she laughed at his stupid jokes and... when she was always beside him, doing whatever he told her to do.
"Look in stores and you'll find my C.D. being fought over. Listen to the radio and hear my songs," she said, hoping to get through to him. Never... in a million years was she going to go back with him, "Look up at the billboards and see my face. Read the magazines and you'll read my name over and over-"
"Stop!" he yelled. It was true... he had seen girls buying Meilin's C.D. He had heard her voice on the radio. He had seen her face on the large billboards and he had read her name in the magazines... but he refused to believe them all. He refused the fact that his Meilin was the same Meilin that was a star.
"Three years..." he sighed, "I've looked for you for three years and you're not coming back with me...to me?"
"I-I can't," she repeated.
"Are you sure?" he whispered as he advanced towards her.
She backed away and said, "Yes, I'm sure."
"Really?" he said soothingly while walking towards her in larger strides.
"Don't come any closer!" she yelled.
"What are you going to do if I don't stop?" he asked as he ran towards her.
"Re," she sang strongly. Suddenly a wall of flames burst out, separating the two.
Syaoran backed away... totally surprised. He quickly recovered and drew out his sword. Called upon the power of water to quench the flames... but it didn't work. At first it did melt the flames down a notch, but then Meilin sang the same note again, causing the flames to overwhelm the water.
He looked at her, admiring the way the light from the fire was illuminating her face. The flames danced in her red eyes and they highlighted her smooth hair. It was then that reality hit Syaoran... she knew magic!
"This is great!" he burst out, totally surprising Meilin, "You know magic! The elders would accept you."
"No," she said, "I don't want to go back."
Syaoran's happiness was immediately smothered, "What do you mean?"
"I love my life the way it is. Please, Li, don't force me," she pleaded and then walked away, leaving a depressed Syaoran behind the wall of fire.
It's been a month since that happened. Meilin never did see Syaoran again, though she could still sense him looking for her. Today, she decided to stay in the hotel, looking at the window... miserable. When suddenly the hotel door burst open to reveal an over-excited manager.
"Guess what, Mei?" Mike asked on hyper mode.
"What?" she asked in a bored tone.
He quickly dismissed the tone and asked, "How would you like to put on a concert in two weeks?"
"What?" she asked while getting off her seat to stare at him.
"A concert, what about it?" he asked.
Meilin began to think. She did need to get out more and she's always happy when she got on stage... "Okay!"
"Then it's decided!" Mike exclaimed, "In two weeks Meilin Rae will have a concert... the tickets will all sell out in less than a week and we'll start to set everything up starting tomorrow, k?"
"Yep," she agreed, already excited.
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There you have it! Please remember to review!
little
Chapter Two: Re
~*~*~
True to her word, the first thing Amelia did was go shopping with Meilin. They went clothes shopping for two hours, gift shopping for another two hours, spend time here and there eating... in other words, two more hours, and when they finally went back to the hotel. They were exhausted.
And so, the weeks passed that way. Waking up in the morning with her song on the radio, going shopping while seeing her C.D. in stores selling like crazy, have lunch as girls walked by talking about her and then finally, back to the hotel. Yep... it was pretty much uneventful.
However... one day it was quite unforgettable. Amelia and her were walking in the clothing store, looking at their selection when a specific voice caught her ear. Amelia asked her what was wrong and she had replied saying that it was nothing. Thinking that she was hearing things, she quickly ignored it... when suddenly...
"Syaoran! Doesn't that look like Meilin?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran frowned at the name. Feeling his heart tug, he replied, "No Sakura. Meilin isn't with us anymore, remember?"
"I guess, Syaoran," Sakura whispered sadly.
It was them! Meilin thought in horror. Of course, they didn't know that she was a superstar because she didn't hit the charts in China or Japan yet. So once they said her name the whole store went quiet.
"Did you just say Meilin?" a stranger asked Sakura, making Syaoran's senses heighten.
"Yeah, why?" Sakura asked, sceptically.
Meilin could feel Amelia stiffen beside her as she whispered, "Let's get out of here Meilin."
She nodded as they slowly walked towards the exit. But luck would have it, a fan recognized her and yelled, "There she is! Meilin Rae!"
Meilin and Amelia looked at each other and yelled, "Run!"
The two immediately went their separate ways, Meilin being the one followed by a huge crowd of fans. Without really caring, she knocked over stands and café tables that were in her way. She could feel her fans getting closer as she ran for her dear life, now wasn't the time to sign autographs. Great... this couldn't get any worse... when in fact it did.
While running pass an alleyway, a hand grabbed her and pulled her away from sight. A hand clasped over her mouth when her fans ran passed them, not even suspecting them to be there. When the person felt that it was safe; he let her mouth free.
Meilin stood there sighing and said gratefully, "Thank you."
"Meilin," he whispered longingly.
She turned around, recognizing his voice. Once she had spun fully around, brown eyes met her. Her ruby eyes traveled to the familiar light brown strands of hair to the muscular build of his body.
She then breathed the name she had not spoken for three years now. The name that always clogged her mind when she was caught off guard, "Syaoran."
"I've f-found you," he chocked, not believing that she was right there... in front of him. After three long years of asking, threatening and pleading the elders... he had found her. And as God would have it, he found her by chance.
"I-I," Meilin stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"They said that you left us," he interrupted.
"What?" she asked, offended, "They disowned me."
"What?" it was his turn to feel shocked, "How dare they lie to me?"
"Listen Syaoran... let's forget this ever happened, k?" she asked, afraid to meet his eyes.
"What are you saying?" he asked. No, it couldn't be! After three whole torturing years of hoping to find her and now that he did... she refuses to let herself exist in his world?
"I mean... the only reason the Li Clan disowned me," she paused, remembering the horrible past, "was because I was of no use."
"Then come back with me and I'll show them that you are useful," he said, desperately wanting her to stay with him.
"I can't," she stated firmly, causing Syaoran's hope to shatter right before his eyes, "I have a life here."
"Doing what?" he asked forcefully.
"I'm... I'm a..." her voice trailed.
"What?" he demanded.
"I'm a pop star. I sing," she said simply.
"You're lying," Syaoran said.
She shook her head, frustrated, "Look around Li!"
Syaoran winced when she called him Li. Never had she ever called him that unless she was angry. Oh, how he wished everything were like before... when she clung onto him like he was a God... when she laughed at his stupid jokes and... when she was always beside him, doing whatever he told her to do.
"Look in stores and you'll find my C.D. being fought over. Listen to the radio and hear my songs," she said, hoping to get through to him. Never... in a million years was she going to go back with him, "Look up at the billboards and see my face. Read the magazines and you'll read my name over and over-"
"Stop!" he yelled. It was true... he had seen girls buying Meilin's C.D. He had heard her voice on the radio. He had seen her face on the large billboards and he had read her name in the magazines... but he refused to believe them all. He refused the fact that his Meilin was the same Meilin that was a star.
"Three years..." he sighed, "I've looked for you for three years and you're not coming back with me...to me?"
"I-I can't," she repeated.
"Are you sure?" he whispered as he advanced towards her.
She backed away and said, "Yes, I'm sure."
"Really?" he said soothingly while walking towards her in larger strides.
"Don't come any closer!" she yelled.
"What are you going to do if I don't stop?" he asked as he ran towards her.
"Re," she sang strongly. Suddenly a wall of flames burst out, separating the two.
Syaoran backed away... totally surprised. He quickly recovered and drew out his sword. Called upon the power of water to quench the flames... but it didn't work. At first it did melt the flames down a notch, but then Meilin sang the same note again, causing the flames to overwhelm the water.
He looked at her, admiring the way the light from the fire was illuminating her face. The flames danced in her red eyes and they highlighted her smooth hair. It was then that reality hit Syaoran... she knew magic!
"This is great!" he burst out, totally surprising Meilin, "You know magic! The elders would accept you."
"No," she said, "I don't want to go back."
Syaoran's happiness was immediately smothered, "What do you mean?"
"I love my life the way it is. Please, Li, don't force me," she pleaded and then walked away, leaving a depressed Syaoran behind the wall of fire.
It's been a month since that happened. Meilin never did see Syaoran again, though she could still sense him looking for her. Today, she decided to stay in the hotel, looking at the window... miserable. When suddenly the hotel door burst open to reveal an over-excited manager.
"Guess what, Mei?" Mike asked on hyper mode.
"What?" she asked in a bored tone.
He quickly dismissed the tone and asked, "How would you like to put on a concert in two weeks?"
"What?" she asked while getting off her seat to stare at him.
"A concert, what about it?" he asked.
Meilin began to think. She did need to get out more and she's always happy when she got on stage... "Okay!"
"Then it's decided!" Mike exclaimed, "In two weeks Meilin Rae will have a concert... the tickets will all sell out in less than a week and we'll start to set everything up starting tomorrow, k?"
"Yep," she agreed, already excited.
~*~*~
There you have it! Please remember to review!
little